The Oculus Quest 2 represents a major shift not just for Oculus, but for VR as a whole. Compact, affordable, and almost infinitely versatile, this is the template for the future of VR. One day we’ll remember it started here. A Crash Course on Quest In case you’ve never heard of the Oculus Quest 2, it’s the latest in a series of standalone VR headsets . “Standalone” means that, like a video games console or PC, you only need to buy the headset to start using the software. Inside the Quest 2 is an entire mobile computer as well as a digital storefront with games and apps. RELATED How to Play PC VR Games on an Oculus Quest 2 The Quest headsets are battery-powered and don’t need external motion trackers, so you can take them anywhere with you. Best of all, if you have a VR-capable PC, you can use a Quest headset as a tethered PC VR headset , too. You can even play PC VR games wirelessly. Versatility Is the Key The Quest 2 is incredibly versatile, and … [Read more...] about The Oculus Quest 2 Is Great, and It’s the Future of VR
Parquet Courts’ latest demonstrates their talent for comedown songs
Depending on how you tally all the things that they wrote—if you include, for example, the unofficial first album, American Specialties , released 10 years ago, or Milano , their 2017 collaboration with Italian composer Daniele Luppi and Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O—you might consider their latest, Sympathy For Life , to be the eighth LP from punk-rock quartet Parquet Courts. But no matter the total output, they are, at this point, fairly well into a career— a designation they would almost certainly be uncomfortable with — and after a decade of making music, patterns have emerged. Advertisement Each of Parquet Courts’ albums has had a way of carrying something over from the one before it, and Sympathy For Life functions as a kind of composite of the band’s most recent moves. As on 2018’s Wide Awake! , there’s a sense of exuberant collectivity. But there are also dark, moody synths; flat talk-singing; and a healthy bit of noise. Andrew Savage and Austin … [Read more...] about Parquet Courts’ latest demonstrates their talent for comedown songs
Nia DaCosta Plans to Finally Give Captain Marvel an Identity
Despite Captain Marvel being one of the most significant characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you’d be hard- Nia DaCosta ( Candyman ) The Marvels . Advertisement After appearing in a few episodes of Marvel’s What If animated series (all of which is canon, if set in the far reaches of the multiverse), Captain Marvel is set to appear next in The Marvels , DaCosta’s follow-up to Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s 2019 Captain Marvel. While tackling a flagship character’s second major cinematic outing would be a significant challenge in any situation, DaCosta’s upcoming film will also bring Iman Vellani’s Roxane Gay for Inverse , DaCosta opened up about how she’s been thinking about The Marvels as the movie’s begun production, and she explained how her biggest desire heading into the project was really digging into the essence of Carol’s identity. “I want to know more about Captain Marvel,” DaCosta said. “Who is she? What are … [Read more...] about Nia DaCosta Plans to Finally Give Captain Marvel an Identity
Marvel’s ‘Vanguardians of the Galaxy’ Feud Was Fake But It Raises a Really Important Point
On Tuesday morning, Earther got a press release purporting to be from financial services giant Vanguard. The press release touted a new fossil-fuel-free portfolio it called “Vanguardians of the Galaxy” for “young investors.” A few hours later, another press release showed up claiming to be from Marvel saying the Vanguard announcement would “mislead customers into believing they would make their investment products ‘real zero’ and ‘Paris-compliant.’ This copyright-infringing publicity stunt defies reality, as Vanguard neither shares our environmental stewardship standards nor represents the spirit of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).” Advertisement The dueling press releases rippled through Twitter with people eager to see the two corporate titans go to the mat over greenwashing. Sadly, though, the whole thing was a ruse to highlight how Vanguard, one of the largest investment firms on Earth, is more akin to Thanos than the Avengers when it comes to climate … [Read more...] about Marvel’s ‘Vanguardians of the Galaxy’ Feud Was Fake But It Raises a Really Important Point
What If Turned Thor Into Marvel’s Most Obnoxious Only Child
Before Thor: Ragnarok singlehandedly turned Odin’s eldest son into one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s golden children, the Asgardian thunderer was still more of a supporting character within the franchise’s larger picture and felt like the odd alien out among his fellow Avengers. Though Thor’s gone on to become much more, Marvel’s What If remembers the days when he was still a fish out of water stumbling through Midgard in search of his purpose... and a drink or two. Advertisement The latest episode of the Disney+ animated multiverse series—“What If... Thor Were an Only Child?”—plays fast and loose with the details of the first Thor film (which What If touched upon in a different way earlier this season) as well as both The Dark World and Ragnarok as it tells a story about the kind of mischief the God gets up on his own. But even though Thor’s name is in the title, and multiple actors from his films reprise their roles, this … [Read more...] about What If Turned Thor Into Marvel’s Most Obnoxious Only Child